PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Florence St. George, also known as Flea, is a British ceramicist who discovered her love of clay after the birth of her daughter when she became ill with postnatal depression. In 2020, Flea became a contestant on The Great Pottery Throw Down. Demand for her work continues and she works with a factory in Portugal to produce limited editions of her designs. In 2021 she collaborated with the jewellery designer Monica Vinader and created an array of delicate stacking dishes for rings.
So good to read an honest and redemptive story about the power of fun and creativity - I've always said if it was mandatory to wear a smock once a week and get messy with clay, adults would be happier. * MIRANDA HART, actress and writer * Read this brilliant and inspiriting book about finding fulfilment and serenity on a journey from Prozac to pottery, by the talented Florence St. George whose every creation I covet. * JEMIMA KHAN, screenwriter * I am in awe of Florence's story - depression, brain science, pottery, techniques, glazes, artists - she has thrown them on the writer's wheel, and produced this seamless work of art. A truly lovely book. * MARY THOMPSON, author of A Wild Soul Woman and Reclaiming the Wild Soul * Solace and soul-connection via the joy of making. We can all take inspiration from Florence St. George and discover the mood-changing comfort of creativity via ceramics - her way. Or your way. Just do it. * LAURA BAILEY, model and photographer * I have found nothing outside myself that can truly fill the void, but this book demonstrates that pottery is about as close as it gets. * NICK LOVE *
